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Re:About 8% of deaths from any cause could be attributed to ... by karp773 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @10:23PM (#35215360)
Haha, it's a funny theory even if not true!
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Re:About 8% of deaths from any cause could be attributed to ... by theshrike79 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @08:05AM (#35218162)
It actually has some science behind it:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/dec/17/sleep-p... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7170365/

Basically by not getting REM sleep after a traumatic event your brain doesn't get the time to actually form and store the memories of the event.

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